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What is a hormone produced by adipose cells?
Adipose cells produce hormones such as leptin, resistin, and cytokine.
What hormone is released from adipose tissue?
Leptin is a hormone released by adipose tissue.
What is the adipose glands?
Adipose tissue is fat tissue. Just a bunch of cells that are filled with fat. *Interestingly, these cells also produce at least one type of hormone.
Where is the hormone inhibin produced?
Inhibin is produced in the Sertoli cells in the testis and in the granulosa cells in the ovary.
What is the function of adipose cell hormone-sensitive lipase?
Hydrolyzes triglycerides to provide fatty acids for other cells
Leptin is a hormone produced by?
Produced by body fat or fat cells.
What is too much Leptin?
Leptin is a hormone that comes from adipose cells (cells that make up the fat in your body). Leptin suppresses your appetite and regulates your body's energy expenditure. Since Leptin is produced by fat cells, if you have too much it means that you have excess fat (i.e. you are overweight!)
What is the hormone produced by the male reproductive system and where is is produced?
Male reproductive system produces Testosterone. This hormone is produced by the interstitial cells of the testes.
What is the hormone produced by the basophilic cells of the adenohypophysis?
oxytocin
Is enzyme a hormone?
no it is not a hormone, it is a protein substance produced in living cells that catalyzes reaction.
What endocrine gland secretes leptin?
Leptin is an Adipose Derived hormone meaning it is excreted by adipose or fat cells. Particularly "White fat" or adult fat as apposed to baby or "Brown fat".
Is luteinizing hormone produced only during the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle?
No, luteinizing hormone is produced by the testicular interstitial cells
